PMR confirmed

Hiya all. I was diagnosed with PMR last May but have changed doctors since then. 2 weeks ago my new doctor advised me to drop my dosage of preds down from 21mg to 10mg within 2 weeks so that he could test me for a skin allergy that had erupted a few weeks earlier when I dropped from 22mg to 21mg. He also advised me that in his opinion I did not have PMR as I also had severe pain in my legs originally and as far as he was concerned PMR did not affect legs. After dropping from 21mg to 15mg the first week I must admit that I did not feel that bad, just a few aches, however half way through week 2 and dropping 1mg a day the pain and aching joints slowly kicked in big time. By Sunday I was almost bed ridden until the remaining 10mg I was still on kicked in.

I saw my doctor yesterday expecting an argument but straight away he backed down, appologised and said that he had misread the notes on screen and accepted that PMR can affect the legs etc. He is allowing me to make the decisions as to pain management and my dosage and has suggested that he thinks the rash and itching is Hives as after I saw him last, he checked up and concluded that my rash was identical to the ones on the web that I had suggested. We are now at peace with eachother and working together and I see him in 4 weeks time. In the meantime I have up'd dosage to 15mg a day and hopefully things can settle down. The moral of this is, we are the ones in pain so do not give in to doctors that try and tell you differently and fight your corner. Good Luck

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